The changing role of employees in service theory and practice: An interdisciplinary view

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-13

  Bowen, David E ^a  

^a Thunderbird: The American Graduate School of International Management   (United States)

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EID: 84949035364     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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